Doing 3rd, 4th & 5th gear pulls on the dyno to fine tune the throttle response and map for top speed. 80 to 260 km/h from 3rd to 5th....6th still not used so top speed pretty good if straight is long enough.
Hopefully, building Subaru engines become more common in the Philippines including the accessibility of parts and devoted tuner/builder for boxer engines.
MEK Automotive have been building Subaru engines for several years and there are many MEK 500 and MEK 500+ engines in use around the Philippines. They also currently hold the record for the most powerfull STI in the Philippines with 857 WHP....but next month with the next upgrades we will beat that and set a new WHP record for an STI in the Philippines
Yes all parts more of less come from overseas, but MEK Automotive is the local Philippine dealer for IAG and for many other products so they arrange for the parts we need in many cases, and when I order other parts from overseas they arrange for them to be shipped here and installed.
Sir may i know your schedule dates on when you are going to practice or race at clark international speedway so i could watch you and your car? Big fan here thank you.
We are doing a photo shoot on Tuesday 25th of june and testing the car for a few laps. On 18th and 19th of July we practice during the day and on 20th we race.
Hi sir may i know what time you and your team will be there at clark? Because Me and my family will be traveling from baguio city This tuesday to watch you.
We are in the Philippines, and race the car in Time Attack race events here, in preparation for the 2025 World Time Attack Challenge in Australia......I assume that you mean tarmac and not pavement ?......I know that are a lot of Subaru Time Attack Cars around the world and in the US.....just yesterday I saw several Subaru's doing the Pikes Peak Hill Climb race event also......I saw there were 'Subaru STI's in an endurance circuit race in Australia earlier this year, and also last year.....so its quite common with then being raced on tarmac / circuit events.
There are many factors that will have a role to play in that. The engine is a fully built IAG 1150 longblock which will be able to boost to 50 PSI and above for a single timed lap and the head studs are 14 mm ARP studs ensuring the head does not lift....the cylinders and fire rings to control hear and boost etc....the conrods are I-beam rids with special bearings and a billet crank.... None of that will stand up to a tune which is lean or a drop in oil pressure or other things unhealthy for the engine. If a driver overrevs the engine or overheats the water or oil and keep going etc..... Basically no matter how much you do to the engine there are many factors that can brake it. On the flipside even if you have a standard engine with a simple tune with no other modifications it can be very reliable if the tune is done as a good safe tune. This will likely piss off some tuners but some a good and others take too much risk to see a high number to make a customer happy.....these engine have a tendency to be more fragile because the tune is not a good tune. My advise would be as follows: 1) If you want anything over 300 WHP consider a built engine with bearings, rods and pistons and an upgraded Intercooler and upgraded radiator with upgraded fans and a fan shroud and use a tuner who knows and trust the engine builder so they can agree together on what the engine is capable of.....far too many times when something goes wrong the tuner blames the engine builder and the engine builder blames the tuner. Also look at yourself. Are you keeping and eye on the gauges with the pressures and temps or are you just winging it. You are even more likely to be the cause of and engine failure than the engine tuner or the engine builder if you dont react when the car have issues.
